Backend Engineer - Digital Banking APIs (Hybrid)

INSPYR Solutions; Tysons (VA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Competitive pay

Job summary

INSPYR Solutions is seeking a mid-to-senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain secure backend services and APIs for banking platforms. The role collaborates with analysts, QA, frontend engineers, and cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable solutions in a hybrid environment.

The candidate will work independently on complex initiatives, provide guidance to peers, and focus on secure, resilient systems with strong engineering judgment and professional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Strong Java experience with Java 17 or newer.
• Solid knowledge of enterprise Java, Spring Boot, web services, and RESTful APIs.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito.
• Proficiency with Git and CI/CD tools (Maven, Docker, Jenkins, GitHub or Azure DevOps).
• Strong understanding of databases, SQL, and data integration patterns.
• Experience designing scalable, resilient microservices and cloud-native apps (Azure preferred).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain secure backend services and APIs for digital platforms.
• Focus on performance, reliability, resiliency, observability, quality, and responsiveness.
• Collaborate with analysts, QA, frontend engineers, and other teams to deliver robust solutions.
• Develop and maintain unit, integration, and automated tests for reliable delivery.
• Apply secure coding practices and data protection standards.
• Troubleshoot production defects, bottlenecks, and complex service dependencies.
• Refactor code and conduct peer reviews to improve security and maintainability.
• Contribute to solution design, technical docs, and POCs for architectural decisions.
• Support testing, deployment, production troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and promote reusable, automated solutions.

Skills

Java

Spring & Spring Boot

RESTful APIs

JUnit & Mockito

Git & CI/CD

Azure Cloud

SQL Databases

Distributed systems

Tools

Maven

Docker

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Job description

INSPYR Solutions is seeking a mid-to-senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain secure backend services and APIs for banking platforms. The role collaborates with analysts, QA, frontend engineers, and cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable solutions in a hybrid environment.

The candidate will work independently on complex initiatives, provide guidance to peers, and focus on secure, resilient systems with strong engineering judgment and professional collaboration.